Product Details

• Actors: Patrick Bergin, Matt Frewer, Austin O'Brien, Ely Pouget, Camille Cooper
• Directors: Farhad Mann
• Writers: Farhad Mann, Michael Miner
• Producers: Avram 'Butch' Kaplan, Clive Turner, Edward Simons, Keith Fox, Masao Takiyama
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, NTSC
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• VHS Release Date: March 18, 1997
• Run Time: 92 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 1.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304039778
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,317 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

With computer effects improving on a daily basis, a more visually dazzling Lawnmower Man sequel was inevitable. Ten minutes into Jobe's War (also known as Beyond Cyberspace) you know the CGI is vastly better, even if composite shots and model work aren't! The focus of the effects is still former simpleton Jobe, who's been rescued from the fireball explosions at the first film's end. In a Los Angeles of "the future," he's had both legs amputated, his head is shaved, and he's now played by Matt Frewer. The Virtual Light Institute has Jobe building a chip once designed by disgraced scientist Dr. Trace (Patrick Bergin). Like the original, this sequel is a great snapshot of the special-effects industry of its day. In 1996, the cyber city and bike ride (a homage to Tron) was as good as you got. --Paul Tonks

From The New Yorker

Some of the alumni of the groundbreaking "Max Headroom" TV series got together on the 1992 hit "Lawnmower Man" and reassembled for this sequel, but lightning didn't strike twice. The new film, about a blue-hued L.A. future in which people can jack in to a virtual-reality alternative, lacks the punch and cyber-knowingness of the earlier work; and, although it's fun to see Matt Frewer's talking head back on the screen, his dialogue doesn't measure up to the winking hipness of his delivery. The movie-essentially a dreary adventure yarn-sinks beneath second-rate computer imagery and tiresome chases. -Bruce Diones
Copyright © 2006 The New Yorker

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lawnmower Man 2: The Absolute Worst Movie Ever Made EVER!!!, April 24, 2001

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Peter Garafola - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lawnmower Man 2 - Jobe's War [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Not only is this movie a bad sequel, its a bad movie. Worse that Highlander 2, worse than Plan Nine from Outer Space, worse than (dare i say it?) Battle Field Earth. This is unquestionably the epitome of bad movie. I mean there are some movies that are so bad their good, but this movie is so bad it just bad. And yes its that bad. The first Lawnmower Man was an excellent movie with potental. The movie had a intesting plot that questioned ethics and morality. It was a sort of modern Frankenstin. Lawnmower Man 2 (Jobe's war or Beyond Cyberspace) is the exact opposite of the first. Its almost a spoof of the fist move. This movie should be in the comedy section because there is absolutly no way you could take this movie seriously at all. Jobe, who was a cyber-god at the climax of the first film has been downsized to a mad computer hacker in a wheelchair who for some reason wants to enslave everyone in cyberspace. At the end of the first movie, Jobe's body was destroyed and he became a computer entity. He escaped onto the internet and caused every phone in the world to ring to show the world his power.It was a cliffhager ending! Really intense! What was next? How would he be stopped now? Lawnmower 2 changed the ending of the first movie by making Jobe for some dumb reason go back to his body and become dumb again. The acting is horrible (especially Patrick Bergin) and in the end Jobe becomes his old dumb self and all is forgiven. An why is Peter only a few years older in the far future? Matt Frewer is no Jeff Fehey. AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Somebody SHOOT ME!!, March 28, 2002

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Vito Giurlanda (Valley Stream, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lawnmower Man 2 - Jobe's War [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Oh my God. I was SO dissappointed with this movie.

Where do I start.

First off, the acting was horrible. The only actor in this movie that was in part 1 was Peter (Jobes little friend). The first movie had a mysterious and low budget feel to it, which I love, and part 2 has a fluffy and hollywood feel to it, which I absolutely loath. Also, The connection between part 1 and part 2 was very weak. What's up with the telephone rings? That was a great idea, why didn't they keep that?!

...Trust me, if your thinking about buying this movie, dont!! But if for some reason you do, all the negative reviews here at Amazon will make perfect sense!!! This movie is BAD!!!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A possible alternative to physical torture..., December 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Lawnmower Man 2 - Jobe's War [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There are two kind of bad films. There are films which are bad in a way that makes them enjoyable and often amusing, such as "Plan nine from outer space", and there are films that simply encourage your lunch to visit the nearest piece of furniture. This is one of those films. It actually incourages the trade in pirate videos- Because anything is better than having to go to the cinema to spend HONEST money on this junk. In fact, why not buy it, play the first five minuites (That are filmed in Girrafe-O-Vision) and then use it to beat an irritating nieghbor to death? Trust me, you'll feel like it. Not that I'm passing judgement or anything, mind.